Section 633.630 – Certification fund.
(1) All moneys collected as fees or charges for inspection and certification of agricultural, cereal grain, flower and vegetable seeds, and of tubers and horticultural plants, shall be receipted for and deposited in a special fund to be known as the certification fund. The fund shall be maintained by the dean, who may expend such […]
Section 633.640 – Dean may employ assistants.
For the purposes of performing the duties assigned to the dean, in carrying out ORS 633.511 to 633.750, the dean may employ necessary assistance and delegate to such assistants, analysts and inspectors so employed the duties assigned to the dean by those sections. [Amended by 2003 c.14 §383]
Section 633.651 – Prohibited acts.
(1) A person may not sell, offer for sale, expose for sale or transport for use in planting in the State of Oregon any agricultural, flower or vegetable seed: (a) That except as provided in ORS 633.550, has not been labeled as required by ORS 633.520, 633.531 and 633.541; (b) That bears a label that […]
Section 633.655 – When penalties not applicable.
A person is not subject to the penalties of ORS 633.992 for having sold, offered for sale, exposed for sale or transported in this state any agricultural, flower or vegetable seed, that: (1) Is incorrectly labeled or represented as to kind and variety or origin, if the seeds cannot be identified except by a field […]
Section 633.660 – Enforcement and administration.
The director shall enforce ORS 633.511 to 633.750 and 633.996. However, the enforcement of certification regulations and the work of testing seeds and sampling, inspecting, sealing and certification labeling of tubers and horticultural plants and of agricultural, cereal grain, flower and vegetable seeds for certification, as provided by ORS 633.600 to 633.640, shall be done […]
Section 633.670 – Inspection and sampling of seeds; seizure of seeds; report of inspection work.
(1) In the enforcement of ORS 633.511 to 633.750 and 633.996, the Director of Agriculture, deputies of the director, inspectors or samplers may: (a) Enter during regular business hours any store, warehouse, mill, cleaning or storage place, depot or other structure, freight car or other vehicle, in which agricultural, flower or vegetable seeds are being […]
Section 633.680 – Establishment of standards of germination; rules and regulations; fees and charges.
(1) The Director of Agriculture shall establish standards of germination for vegetable seed, and shall make reasonable rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purpose of ORS 633.511 to 633.750 and 633.996, covering: (a) Licensing, suspension, reinstatement and revocation of licenses, which rules and regulations shall conform to the law governing suspension, refusal or revocation […]
Section 633.690 – Quarantine of seed entering state; disposition of nonconforming seed.
(1) The director may place a quarantine on all agricultural, flower or vegetable seed entering this state from any outside source. However, seed labeled in accordance with ORS 633.520, 633.531 and 633.541 shipped into the state by any person holding an Oregon license in full force shall not necessarily be quarantined; and any such seeds […]
Section 633.700 – Retailer and wholesaler licenses; exemption; rules; fees.
(1) A person may not sell, offer or expose for sale in this state, or contract to have produced in this state for commercial purposes, any agricultural, flower or vegetable seeds unless the person holds an unsuspended license issued by the State Department of Agriculture. However, a person is not required to obtain a license […]
Section 633.711
[1989 c.1035 §§2,6; 1991 c.734 §56; 1995 c.371 §9; renumbered 633.996 in 2001]